I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join...
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Freeda, My mom's repeat test came back worse. Here blast %age is up to 26%. Her doctor has classified it as blast stage. I thought blast stage was more than...
Hi All, Its good to see some activity on the group. I have a question for you all. My mum's been CML patient for last 9 years. Started Gleevec nearly 4 years...
Madhulika, I do hope there is help out there!! Did this come on suddenly after taking Gleevec? And I wonder why she wasn't given higher dosage right away?? The...
Dear Tracey, Thanks a lot. I spoke to Anjana. There are trials in Singapore. But my mum won't be eligible since the they are looking at patients who are...
Hi Silvia, Thanks for the info on AMN107 and Dasatinib. My mom's in India and I live in Singapore. And we both checked. There are no trials going on in either...
This new discussion is really getting me thinking!! I need to spend time with my onc and ask questions too.I know once in the very beginning of my diagnosis my...
Sylvia,it's people like us who make the medical care look pretty slack in our country."No insurance" can mean "no life".I have been so fortunate in getting my...
Sylvia,I will be 64 in July. I wonder if they have us going so seldom because of no insurance? Oh,Maybe you do have. I don't get lab work done unless I am at...
Oh MY GOSH!! Sylvia I don't remember that!! What was going on in my head at that time!! I have my doctor bills down pretty good but it goes up gradually...
Hi,Luis, I can't help you because I am Scandanavian descent and British isles.I have horrible skin to begin with.Never could be in the sun long and doc says...
Hi,everyone!! We never keep in touch any longer.I am doing well and just going into my 4th year remission!!!!!! Nearly NO hair now.What I have sticks up or...
Tele,what a great outcome! I know that a coma can be fatal if it goes on for very long.I lost my husband of 27 years when he didn't come out of the come.That...
Thanks,Jennifer, I just asked my husband about that and he said the same thing....2 hours each way (before and after) of taking Gleevec! Perhaps I should read...
Thanks ever so much for all the help and tips for cramps.I really think for the first time in a couple of years I may be becoming cramp free.Meaning the...
... From: Gleevec@yahoogroups.com To: Gleevec@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Gleevec] Digest Number 1131 Date: 16 Oct 2005 12:56:24 -0000 ... Jude ... am the one...
Hi,Sylvia! Good to see you again. And Fr Joseph. I believe I am getting some relief with the muscle relaxers now! HOOORAY! I have had al the testig for...
yo folks, also have your magnesium and potassium levels checked. Some drugs (ie prednisone) deplete these levels in your system. hope you find theis helpful....
Thanks,Luis. I have asked my oncologist and he said he doesn't "do" side effects.I have had eveyone known to the medical industry and I am at the point with...
Thanks for asking but I was only checking to see if I could post. ... From: Gleevec@yahoogroups.com To: Gleevec@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Gleevec] Digest...
Freeda: My wife has been on gleevec since the day after it was approved by the FDA. Initially she was on the standard dose of 400MG per day but after about 30...
Very interesating! New resesrch is always welcome. The trials bring back 45 years of memories for me.I was a subject for study at UCLA in 1960 for rh neg...
Trial Information Summary: Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilization and Storage in Patients with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in Complete Cytogenetic Remission...